This is our Warhammer journey

Chapter 424 Why isn't he dead yet?

Warp, Silent Oath

"You guys are truly worthy of being trained by that amazing old man Huang. You can't be ruthless when you need to be, and you can still have all the nerves you need to have."

A sharp and incisive critique from someone resonated deeply. As Lord Cypher walked along the white marble-paved path, he and Kay, who had left the meeting, walked together.

The process of defining tactical objectives was relatively brief. Basically, Arthur set the boundaries, and Galad, who was now in charge of Flamewing, was responsible for the deployment. After making sure his Dark Angels knew what they were supposed to do, it was followed by the usual rewards and conversations.

The Dark Angels have added many management departments, which are not special forces, but more like political commissars within mortal forces. Since the new era, through roundtable meetings, they have focused on implementing the spirit of the thirteen regulations of the Dawnwing, normalizing the study and education of Legion history and Imperial history, and paying close attention to the ideological and health status of Legion members.

"But the command structure still seems to be working fine?"

Accompanied by Kai, recalling the contents of the previous meeting, and suppressing the voice in his heart urging him to silence the Lion King forever, Lord Seifer asked.

"His Highness said that the First Legion's military structure is already close to perfect. Rather than disrupting the legion's structure again, it would be better to continue using the old mechanisms and then optimize them based on the actual situation in the galaxy today."

Kai replied proudly, twirling his brocade banner between his hands as he showed it off to Lord Seifer.

"indeed so."

Lord Seifer nodded in approval, shifting his gaze away from the rather glaring banner.

He wondered if Typhon had actually entered Caliban back then and conveyed Horus's words, would these people have really rebelled?

The First Legion, this title signifies that they are the original, the greatest, and the purest legion.

When the other Astartes Legions were first created based on the First Legion, and then gradually became legions with their own characteristics according to different divisions of labor, some of these legions may have gradually become more proficient in certain specific tactics than the First Legion in later campaigns, but even so, their expertise was rooted in the talents of the First Legion.

Just as the White Scars were not pioneers of high-speed warfare, offensive naval warfare was not solely the strength of the Imperial Fist, large-scale surface raids did not originate from the World Eaters, and even the Shadowmoon Wolf was never the founder of concentrated decapitation tactics.

The tactics that make each legion famous all originated from the secret wars experienced by the First Legion. Therefore, if the Dark Angels really focus on war, they will hardly lose unless there is a huge disparity in strength.

Therefore, after learning the details, Arthur did not interfere much with the Dark Angels' military construction. He did not believe that his assumptions could compare with the Dark Angels' nearly three hundred years of practical experience in unification wars. Instead, he began to study.

During his downtime from military duties, the Knight Lord, in addition to promoting the development of various war technologies within the legion, focused on ideological construction and redefined a series of reward and punishment mechanisms according to each inner circle.

For example, the Lord of Knights would not interfere in the internal activities of the guild, but he would send Knights of the Round Table or attend public events himself, depending on the actual situation. While maintaining his control over the various inner rings, he also ensured his respect for the cultural differences within the legion, and the rewards he distributed gave these knights a considerable sense of honor.

As for punishment, apart from one-on-one ideological education, it was labor reform. However, ordinary physical labor had little deterrent effect on the Astartes, so the most deterrent effect on them was actually administrative labor reform.

To assist in the planning of a planet, far from the battlefield, to fight against unseen enemies with paper and pen.

Perhaps due to the influence of Khonne, despite the administrative efficiency of the Dawn Wings, most high-level combat units, including the Imperial Guard, showed a resistance to administrative processing.

Arthur also had ways to deal with those who were passively resisting reform.

If the Dark Angels are ice that freezes everything, displaying unparalleled sharpness on the battlefield, as if their very appearance heralds victory, but whenever this quality is transferred outside the battlefield, it causes catastrophic consequences, then the Ultramarines are water.

Their complete hexagonal system allows them to penetrate any architecture and fill the gaps perfectly.

If you can't manage yourselves, then to maintain the unity of the Wings of Dawn, I'll have to let the Ultramarines handle you. Most of the Dark Angels didn't think that far ahead.

Although, with rising political awareness and someone's seemingly endless jokes, today's ambitions seem more like a jest.

But if it really happens that a Ultramarines mismanage themselves, allowing them to interfere in the Dark Angels' internal management—

Don’t do that kind of thing!
"From this point of view, there are indeed significant differences between the two princes."

Lord Cypher nodded.

Although they could greatly increase the Legion's strength with the power of a Primarch, without relying on additional technology or genetic modification, but solely on their own talent and power, their more important role is ultimately to serve as an anchor point to stabilize the Legion itself.

Compared to the Lion King's intention to set an example and forcefully suppress discontent within the legion through his own authority, which ultimately led to the complete eruption of the legion's hidden dangers due to his own disappearance, and the various guilds expelling each other from the list of loyalists, resulting in the Dark Angels becoming the only legion among the loyalists to suffer large-scale losses due to their own reasons during the Great Rebellion, Arthur knew that he could not use the Dark Angels as the Primarch.

The Lion King was too noble, so noble that he was beyond human comprehension.

Arthur is a real human being. Although Draconian has spread rumors throughout the entire subspace, when the four Primarchs stand there, no one can help but be awestruck by the brilliance of their humanity.

This is also why Arthur was able to gain the complete acceptance of the Dark Angels in just thirty years.

For thirty years, the Lord of Knights has focused solely on nurturing the Dark Angel.

"Let me tell you a joke. One day, the Primarchs were having a meeting, and Old Man Huang asked them, 'Now that it's a new era, how do you get a cat to eat a chili pepper?'"

Ramses, accompanied by Eldar, Undead representatives, the Royal Guard, and the Grey Knights, strolled around the hall below, showcasing their technological superiority and boasting as if he were visiting his own backyard.

"The Lion King said that was easy. He told his men to catch the cat, stuff a chili pepper into its mouth, and then poke it in with their fingers."

"Guilliman came up with a good idea: first, let the cat go hungry for three days, then wrap a piece of meat with chili peppers, and the cat will swallow it whole."

"But Master Ya is different. He plans to rub chili peppers on the cat's butt. When the cat feels the burning sensation on its butt, it will lick the chili peppers off itself and be very excited about doing so."

The sound dissipated as the mighty army departed, but it reverberated within Lord Cypher's skull, deafeningly loud.

Some of the dark angels loosened and tightened their grip on their weapons, then loosened and tightened again.

"."

Lord Cypher turned his head and looked at Kai again, asking with his eyes.

'Although I don't consider myself an extremist, how come he's still alive?'

Kai spread his hands.

"got used to."

(End of this chapter)